The Predicament of In-Betweenness in the Contemporary Lebanese Exilic Novel in English

Hout, Syrine

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“…In the context of literary works, there are also quite a lot of discussions about the representation of nationalism. Hout(2006), for example, discussed the problematic conditions of in-betweenness in contemporary exile Lebanese novels that show the relationship between exiles and nations. Among the discussions are the three main elements of memory that function as 'emotional channels to the motherland', including language (in the slip phenomenon to Arabic), culture (in paintings), and history (in dreams) of the original characters.…”

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The Retention of Arabic Language as a National Identity in Two of Gadah as-Samman’s Novels: Postcolonial Perspective

Mahmudah

Sangidu

Manshur

2020

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Purpose: This article aims to analyze the retention of the Arabic language as a national identity by Lebanon nationalists who live as exiles outside European countries in two of her novels, Lailatul-Milyār and Sahrah Tanakkuriyyah Lil-Mautā. As a product of fiction from a colonized country, both stories represent postcolonial discourses, showing the effect of colonialism, while also voicing resistance to colonialism. Methodology: The research materials or material objects in this article are two of as-Sammān’s novels. Data sources were grouped in primary data, which is the two of Sammān’s novels, and secondary data, which is various references that support analysis, including books, journals, blogs, and other relevant sources in academic studies. Deconstruction is a textual strategy, which is utilized for analyzing the data in this study. No software tool is used. Main Findings: The Lebanese nationalists in Europe tried to maintain the use of the Arabic language as the first and foremost national identity for several reasons, including defending (1) the Arabness, (2) the membership in the national community, and (3) the nation and nationality. Implications/ Applications: This study highlights that resistance to colonialism can be done in various ways, both through violence and non-violence. In modern times, non-violent methods are frequently used. Among the non-violent ways is to fight for the retention of the Arabic language as a national identity so that to maintain it means to maintain Arabism, the membership of the nation’s community, and defend the nation and nationality of the Arabs. Novelty/Originality of this study: These findings highlight the struggle of the Lebanese nationalists in Europe; the younger generation who are trying to inherit Arabic must also struggle to learn it, both formal and informal, even against the mainstream. The results of persistence and perseverance in learning Arabic cannot be seen immediately, but a long time after that. The ability to speak Arabic, then, can foster a spirit of nationalism in the young Arab generation.

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The Retention of Arabic Language as a National Identity in Two of Gadah as-Samman’s Novels: Postcolonial Perspective

Mahmudah

Sangidu

Manshur

2020

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“…Conversely, in exchange of two books composed by Lebanese migrants, Hout (2006) recommends that inclination to home is connected with flexibility, a feeling of having a place and individual nobility, wherever and at whatever point these might be found and delighted in. Oust, by differentiation, is a condition of psychological and enthusiastic disharmony whether created by traumas of war and political distribution in the country of one's own or it is prompted to up rootedness physically by external factors (p.193).…”

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Dwelling beyond Borders: A Diaspora Study of Susan Muaddi Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile

Asghar¹,

Sharjeel²,

Iqbal³

2020

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In the postmodern age, under the effect of rapid means of communication and transportation, migration occurs and it has given rise to mutations in diasporic self. Ultimately, diasporic conflicting identity has become at the stake and diasporas often become an irreversible historical entity that leads to them towards home and homing desire. This paper explores the split identities of Arab-American diaspora in Darraj's prestigious literary work in the form of collection of short stories, Inheritance of Exile (2007). It also underpins how troubled relationship between the first and second generation of immigrants have impacted their dispersed identity. It also unearths the lives of immigrants, their pungent diasporic experience with split identity and its fragmentations; and then their inevitable survival in the migrated locations. The paper practices diaspora theory to analyze the novel through the model of Avtar Brah as a theoretical framework that is drawn according to the research methodology.

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Cultural hybridity, trauma, and memory in diasporic anglophone Lebanese fiction

Hout

2011

Journal of Postcolonial Writing

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The Predicament of In-Betweenness in the Contemporary Lebanese Exilic Novel in English

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The Retention of Arabic Language as a National Identity in Two of Gadah as-Samman’s Novels: Postcolonial Perspective

The Retention of Arabic Language as a National Identity in Two of Gadah as-Samman’s Novels: Postcolonial Perspective

Dwelling beyond Borders: A Diaspora Study of Susan Muaddi Darraj’s The Inheritance of Exile

Cultural hybridity, trauma, and memory in diasporic anglophone Lebanese fiction

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